I used to think it was a bad thing. Anxiety is typically associated with the negative. But, anxiety also keeps us safe and pushes us forward. Without it I wouldn't be a writer, I wouldn't be successful, I wouldn't be me... Daily writing promptWhat is one word that describes you?View all responses
Unraveling
I like to think of myself as a spool of yarnthe other person pulls; unraveling me ever soslightly with each small tug. I lose pieces of myselfI grow smaller, weakerAs time wears on the once thick yarn now barelycovers the spool - its foundation poking out between each fine stringThe tugs at the string are... Continue Reading →
About Me
I've been writing as long as I could remember. I spent hours writing short stories as a child which continued on throughout my life. I've taken breaks from writing here and there but it always calls me back. Recently, I lost my job and the pull to write was greater than it ever had been.... Continue Reading →
Less
I'm not sure if I feel in the same way I used to... I feel, I do But, it's less... LESS raw LESS real....like a perpetual dream Pain feels dimensions awayMaybe because like with anything your body adapts just like your hands your heart calluses over so that it can no longer be rubbed raw... Continue Reading →
The Cave
Walls drip acidic slimerunning down the mirrors that cover every crevice. They reflect and glint offeach other- burning me, blinding me.Voices echo- bellowing: fat, ugly, whale, bitch. I recognize every one, all strangers- passerby’s in the hallways. Those boys twist my brain, bashing and tauntinguntil I believe. My vision morphs: mirrors produce a monster.Eyes narrowed,... Continue Reading →
Diana’s Pool
Water trickles overrocks, under crevicescreating an intricate mazebubbling and churning-forced in streamlinedirection, constantlyswishing, sloshing. Murmurs of Mother Naturepushing each molecule onwardsand me sitting on that warm rock, water nippingat my toes, wishing itreally was as simpleas this. Photo by Manuela Adler on Pexels.com
K.J Stafford 